Objectives To investigate the impact of the CHANGE! curriculum-based intervention across time on children’s weekday and weekend day physical activity (PA) levels and to report effect of covariates on the outcome measures. Methods Twelve primary schools were randomised to an Intervention (N = 6) or Control condition. Baseline, 20-week post-intervention and 10...
Aim To investigate the combined influence of diet quality and physical activity on cardiovascular diseases (CVD) risk factors in European adolescents. Method Cross-sectional study that included 1513 adolescents aged 12.5‒17.5 years (45% boys) from eight European countries participating in the HELENA study. Dietary intake was registered using a 24h recall (on two non-consecutive ...
Introduction Evidence for altered central pain processing and hypersensitivity of the central nervous system, i.e. central sensitization, in chronic whiplash associated disorders (CWAD) is accumulating. Dysfunctional descending inhibitory action is one of the major characteristics of central sensitization and has been studied during exercise in some chronic pain conditions, ...
Introduction Children with Down Syndrome (DS) have been demonstrated as being less active1 and have showed lower levels of physical fitness2 than children without DS. To date, the information regarding physical activity (PA) and persons with DS is limited and inconclusive. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess ...
Background Television watching and playing of video games (VGs) are associated with higher energy intakes. Motion-controlled video games (MC) may be a healthier alternative to sedentary screen-based activities because of higher energy expenditures, but little is known about the effects of these games on energy intakes. Objective Energy intake, expenditure, ...
Objective Parents who overestimate their child's physical activity (PA) level may not encourage their children to increase their PA. We assessed parental awareness of child PA, and investigated potential correlates of overestimation. Method Child PA (accelerometer) and parent-classified child PA ['active' ≥ 60 min/day vs. 'inactive' <60 min/day moderate and ...
Background The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease hypothesis suggests that intrauterine, infancy and early childhood variables play a key role at programming later health. However, little is known on the programming of behavioral variables, because most studies so far focused on chronic disease-related and human capital outcomes. The aim ...
Objectives The purpose of this study was to determine whether ActiGraph accelerometer activity counts and estimates of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity collected at a single larger epoch are comparable to those collected at smaller epochs reintegrated into a larger epoch. Design A cross-sectional study design. Methods Thirty-one preschoolers (3–5 years) concurrently wore ...
Objectives The GT1M ActiGraph has been replaced by the triaxial GT3X which includes an inclinometer to detect postures. The purpose of this study was to investigate comparability of the GT3X to the GT1M and to develop activity intensity cut-points for the vector magnitude of the GT3...
After-school hours are considered critical for children's physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviors (SB); however, whether the after-school setting influences children's activity patterns is unknown. This study examined the influence of after-school setting (i.e., parent report of the child's usual after-school setting) on 5th grade children's PA and SB, ...